Elections in Montana

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United States presidential election results for Montana [1]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 343,60256.92%244,78640.55%15,2862.53%
2016 279,24055.65%177,70935.41%44,8738.94%
2012 267,92855.30%201,83941.66%14,7173.04%
2008 243,88249.49%232,15947.11%16,7093.39%
2004 266,06359.07%173,71038.56%10,6722.37%
2000 240,17858.44%137,12633.36%33,6938.20%
1996 179,65244.11%167,92241.23%59,68714.66%
1992 144,20735.12%154,50737.63%111,89727.25%
1988 190,41252.07%168,93646.20%6,3261.73%
1984 232,45060.47%146,74238.18%5,1851.35%
1980 206,81456.82%118,03232.43%39,10610.74%
1976 173,70352.84%149,25945.40%5,7721.76%
1972 183,97657.93%120,19737.85%13,4304.23%
1968 138,83550.60%114,11741.59%21,4527.82%
1964 113,03240.57%164,24658.95%1,3500.48%
1960 141,84151.10%134,89148.60%8470.31%
1956 154,93357.13%116,23842.87%00.00%
1952 157,39459.39%106,21340.07%1,4300.54%
1948 96,77043.15%119,07153.09%8,4373.76%
1944 93,16344.93%112,55654.28%1,6360.79%
1940 99,57940.17%145,69858.78%2,5961.05%
1936 63,59827.59%159,69069.28%7,2243.13%
1932 78,07836.07%127,28658.80%11,1155.13%
1928 113,30058.37%78,57840.48%2,2301.15%
1924 74,13842.50%33,80519.38%66,48038.11%
1920 109,43061.13%57,37232.05%12,2046.82%
1916 66,75037.57%101,06356.88%9,8665.55%
1912 18,51223.19%27,94135.00%33,37341.81%
1908 32,33346.98%29,32642.61%7,16310.41%
1904 34,93254.21%21,77333.79%7,73912.01%
1900 25,40939.79%37,31158.43%1,1361.78%
1896 10,50919.71%42,62879.93%1930.36%
1892 18,87142.44%17,69039.79%7,90017.77%
Original 9 Montana counties MT county map 1865.png
Original 9 Montana counties

Montana became a territory May 28, 1864 and the first delegation created nine counties: Beaverhead, Big Horn (renamed Custer in 1877), Chouteau, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Jefferson, Edgerton (renamed Lewis and Clark in 1867), Madison, and Missoula. Montana became a state on November 8, 1889.

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Montana has a history of voters splitting their tickets and filling elected offices with individuals from both parties. Through the mid-20th century, the state had a tradition of "sending the liberals to Washington and the conservatives to Helena". Between 1988 and 2006, the pattern flipped, with voters more likely to elect conservatives to federal offices. There have also been long-term shifts in party control. From 1968 through 1988, the state was dominated by the Democratic Party, with Democratic governors for a 20-year period, and a Democratic majority of both the national congressional delegation and during many sessions of the state legislature. This pattern shifted, beginning with the 1988 election when Montana elected a Republican governor for the first time since 1964 and sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1948. This shift continued with the reapportionment of the state's legislative districts that took effect in 1994, when the Republican Party took control of both chambers of the state legislature, consolidating a Republican party dominance that lasted until the 2004 reapportionment produced more swing districts and a brief period of Democratic legislative majorities in the mid-2000s.

Montana has voted for the Republican nominee in all but two presidential elections since 1952. [2] The state last supported a Democrat for president in 1992, when Bill Clinton won a plurality victory. However, since 1889 the state has voted for Democratic governors 60 percent of the time, and Republican governors 40 percent of the time. In the 2008 presidential election, Montana was considered a swing state and was ultimately won by Republican John McCain by a narrow margin of two percent.

In a 2020 study, Montana was ranked as the 21st easiest state for citizens to vote in. [3]

1890s

Included representatives from additional territorial counties: Meagher (1866), Dawson (1869), Silver Bow (1881), Yellowstone (1883), Fergus (1885), Park (1887), and Cascade (1887)

Montana county map 1890 MT county map 1890.png
Montana county map 1890

1892 elections

1896 elections

First election to include Flathead, Valley, Teton, Ravalli, Granite, Carbon, and Sweet Grass counties.

1900s

Montana county map 1900 MT county map 1900.png
Montana county map 1900

1900 elections

First election to include Broadwater County

1904 elections

First election to include Powell and Rosebud counties.

1908 elections

First election to include Sanders County

1910s

Montana county map 1910 MT county map 1910.png
Montana county map 1910

1912 elections

First election to include Lincoln, Musselshell, Hill and Blaine counties.

1916 elections

First election to include Big Horn, Stillwater, Sheridan, Fallon, Toole, Richland, Mineral, Wibaux, Phillips, and Prairie counties.

1918 elections

1920s

Montana county map 1920 MT county map 1920.png
Montana county map 1920

1920 elections

First election to include Liberty, Golden Valley, and Daniels counties.

1922 elections

1924 elections

First election to include Judith Basin and Lake counties.

1928 elections

First election to include Petroleum County.

1930s

Montana county map 1930 (current) MT county map 1930.png
Montana county map 1930 (current)

1932 elections

1934 elections

1936 elections

1940s

1940 elections

1942 elections

1944 elections

1946 elections

1948 elections

1950s

1952 elections

1954 elections

1956 elections

1958 elections

1960s

1960 elections

1964 elections

1966 elections

1968 elections

1970s

1970 elections

1972 elections

1976 elections

1978 elections

1980s

1980 elections

1982 elections

1984 elections

1988 elections

1990s

1990 elections

1992 elections

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1996 elections

2000s

2000 elections

2002 elections

2004 elections

2006 elections

2008 elections

2010s

2010 elections

2012 elections

2014 elections

2016 elections

2018 elections

2020s

2020 elections


2022 elections

2024 elections

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References

  1. ↑ Leip, David. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Montana". US Election Atlas. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ Montana 2012 Election 2013.
  3. ↑ J. Pomante II, Michael; Li, Quan (15 Dec 2020). "Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 19 (4): 503–509. doi: 10.1089/elj.2020.0666 . S2CID   225139517 . Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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